On Thursday, May 21 at 6 p.m. Mancos Public Library will offer a free advance screening of "Limited Partnership," a film by Thomas G. Miller and Kirk Marcolina.
As part of the Community Cinema series, this film is distributed by the Independent Television Service (ITVS), and Independent Lens. Limited Partnership uncovers the often untold history of the activism that has led us to a historical point, as the Supreme Court imminently is set to rule on same-sex marriage. Light refreshments will be served and a community discussion will follow the film.
The film chronicles the 40-year love story between Filipino American Richard Adams and his Australian husband, Tony Sullivan. In 1975, a county clerk in Boulder, Colo., allowed Adams and Sulivan to become one of the first same-sex couples to be legally married in the world. Adams immediately filed for a green card for Sullivan based on their marriage. But Adams received a denial letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The couple sued, initiating the first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex marriage in U.S. history.
Thomas G. Miller (producer/director) has worked on documentaries and in public television since 1994. He associate produced the Sundance award-winning film "Licensed to Kill" (POV, PBS), and co-produced the recent award-winning film "Code Black." He co-produced and edited "Fender Philosophers" for PBS and Camp Out for Logo TV. He edited the feature documentary films, "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" and "Home of the Brave." He produced and directed the award-winning feature documentary, "One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story" (Ovation). Other credits include producing television films for Discovery, and WNET's series on disabilities, "People in Motion."
Miller is also on the board of the International Documentary Association and has been teaching editing, documentary filmmaking, and mentoring the Sloan Science films at the USC School of Cinematic Arts since 2004.
Kirk Marcolina (producer) has worked in television and documentary filmmaking for nearly 20 years. Most recently, he produced and directed "The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne," an award-winning documentary about an 80-year-old jewel thief that premiered at Hot Docs in 2013. He also produced and directed the feature documentary, "Camp Out" (Logo TV) about the first Bible Camp for gay teenagers. Marcolina's television work includes co-executive producing "Boy Meets Boy" and "Gay Weddings" (Bravo), "Switched" (ABC Family) and "That Yin Yang Thing" (TLC). Marcolina also directed the Disney Channel documentary series "Bug Juice" and has edited many reality-based and documentary series.